http://instagram.com/p/jP9GOjDjqB/ yes. that.just.happened. watch it again. ———————————————– it’s a WILDCARD diabetes blog week prompt: Write a short story personifying a diabetes tool you use on a daily basis. A meter, syringe, pump, pill, etc. Give it a personality and a name and let it speak through you. What would it be happy about, upset about, […]
MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS MANTRAS ……………………………………………………………………to live by. quit slackin’ and make shit happen. ….while you’re doing that, keep in mind that the only thing constant is change. …….when things get wonky, know that better management is not a destination, but rather a way of life ……….while forming happy habits, […]
that was my first diabetes blog. A Bit of a Written Advantage i started it when i was 20 and kept it a secret until now. i did so because it reveals a darkened heart and a troubled soul i didn’t share it with my parents i didn’t share it with my friends i am […]
Diabetes Blog Week 2014: Monday i recently returned from a trip to the mountains with my lovedove, jesse. we spent nearly two weeks in an isolated cabin. no internet. no cell service. 30 minute drive to the nearest town. nada. nothing. trees, trees, a creek and more trees. i loved our time together. i learned […]
there was a time during my staffship at DHF when i lost someone very dear to me. 30 minutes after hearing the news, i sent a text to manny. i asked for the following day off and briefly told him why. seconds later, he called me. he wanted to make sure i was okay and […]
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today was my last visit with my endocrinologist of nearly six years. hesitant to walk in after a ‘bad’ diabetes week, i lost sight of the fact that this could very well be the last time i ever see her. it’s been a rough two months. there have been family troubles, broken lungs, the passing […]
i’ve been applying for jobs. why, right? i have an amazing job already. i get to be with loving warm people and lancet (THE dog) gets to come to work with me everyday. i spend my time talking to people who live to support each other and being a part of that is like a […]
bear with me on this (non-d related) writing journey, “Life is what occupies your mind at the time.” A man once told me that. He said it within the body of a spoken paragraph intended as a precursor to the next four. How peculiar a preface, as if to say that that which doesn’t involve […]
yesterday this went viral on facebook: stuffed with doubt, my curiosity won over my hopes of not biting the bait. i clicked. i went in expecting to be underwhelmed and uninspired BUT THEN… this is seriously cray cray crazy. it is called Spritz and it could change the way we read FOREVER. personally, i like […]
Unexpected Blues 